Bawley Boat

(A). A small fishing-smack used on the coasts of Kent
and Essex, about the mouth of the Thames and Medway. Bawleys are
generally about 40 feet long, 13 feet beam, 5 feet draught, and from 15
to 20 tons measurement. They differ in rig from a cutter in having no
booms to the mainsail, which is, consequently, easily brailed up when
working the trawl nets. They are half-decked, with a wet well to keep
fish alive.